Shawn Mendes Ends Justin Bieber's Reign On Top Of The UK Chart
- 8 years ago
Shawn Mendes has scored his first ever UK number one, ending Justin Bieber’s reign on top of the chart in the process.
The 17-year-old won the chart battle this week with ‘Stitches’, taken from his debut album Handwritten.
‘Stitches’ first entered the UK chart 17 weeks ago, in October of last year, when it debuted at number 97.
It then hit the top 40 in December and began steadily climbing to the top spot.
Only one other song in UK chart history has taken longer to reach number one, Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’, which took 19 weeks.
The race between Mendes and his fellow Canadian Justin Bieber was extremely close, with ‘Stitches’ winning by just over 1,500 combined chart sales ahead of ‘Love Yourself’.
However ‘Love Yourself’ notched up more streams with 3.72 million plays against ‘Stitches’’ 3.05 million.
The 17-year-old won the chart battle this week with ‘Stitches’, taken from his debut album Handwritten.
‘Stitches’ first entered the UK chart 17 weeks ago, in October of last year, when it debuted at number 97.
It then hit the top 40 in December and began steadily climbing to the top spot.
Only one other song in UK chart history has taken longer to reach number one, Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’, which took 19 weeks.
The race between Mendes and his fellow Canadian Justin Bieber was extremely close, with ‘Stitches’ winning by just over 1,500 combined chart sales ahead of ‘Love Yourself’.
However ‘Love Yourself’ notched up more streams with 3.72 million plays against ‘Stitches’’ 3.05 million.